CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT AND PORTABLE TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A contactless communication circuit having both a contactless communication card function and a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
- a capacitor section that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with a contactless communication antenna; and
a capacitance switching section that makes a capacitance of the capacitor section effective in a mode of the contactless communication card function, and reduces the capacitance of the capacitor section in a mode of the contactless communication reader/writer function.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention provides a contactless communication circuit having both a contactless communication card function and a contactless communication reader/writer function, which includes a capacitor section that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with a contactless communication antenna; and a capacitance switching section that makes a capacitance of the capacitor section effective in a mode of the contactless communication card function, and reduces the capacitance of the capacitor section in a mode of the contactless communication reader/writer function.
-
Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A contactless communication circuit having both a contactless communication card function and a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a capacitor section that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with a contactless communication antenna; and a capacitance switching section that makes a capacitance of the capacitor section effective in a mode of the contactless communication card function, and reduces the capacitance of the capacitor section in a mode of the contactless communication reader/writer function. - View Dependent Claims (2)
-
-
3. A contactless communication circuit having both a contactless communication card function and a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a main antenna connected to a main circuit for contactless communication; a sub-antenna coupled with the main antenna; a capacitor section that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with the sub-antenna; and a capacitance switching section that makes a capacitance of the capacitor section effective in a mode of the contactless communication card function, and reduces the capacitance of the capacitor section in a mode of the contactless communication reader/writer function. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
-
-
6. A contactless communication circuit having at least a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a capacitor connected at one end thereof to one end of a contactless communication antenna; a first field-effect transistor inserted between the other end of the capacitor and a ground; a second field-effect transistor inserted between the other end of the contactless communication antenna and a ground; and a control section that turns on the first and second field-effect transistors when communicating with an anticollision contactless communication card, and turns off the first and second field-effect transistors when communicating with a non-anticollision contactless communication card.
-
-
7. A contactless communication circuit having at least a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a main antenna connected to a main circuit for contactless communication; a sub-antenna coupled with the main antenna; a capacitor that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with the sub-antenna; a field-effect transistor connected within the parallel-resonant circuit formed of the capacitor and the sub-antenna; and a control section that turns on the field-effect transistor when communicating with an anticollision contactless communication card, and turns off the field-effect transistor when communicating with a non-anticollision contactless communication card.
-
-
8. A contactless communication circuit having at least a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a main antenna connected to a main circuit for contactless communication; a sub-antenna coupled with the main antenna; a capacitor that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with the sub-antenna; a field-effect transistor inserted between a ground and a node between the capacitor and the sub-antenna; and a control section that turns on the field-effect transistor when communicating with an anticollision contactless communication card, and turns off the field-effect transistor when communicating with a non-anticollision contactless communication card.
-
-
9. A portable terminal having both a contactless communication card function and a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a capacitor section that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with a contactless communication antenna; a capacitance switching section that switches a capacitance of the capacitor section; and a control section that controls the capacitance switching section to make the capacitance of the capacitor section effective in a mode of the contactless communication card function, and controls the capacitance switching section to reduce the capacitance of the capacitor section in a mode of the contactless communication reader/writer function.
-
-
10. A portable terminal having both a contactless communication card function and a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a main antenna connected to a main circuit for contactless communication; a sub-antenna coupled with the main antenna; a capacitor section that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with the sub-antenna; a capacitance switching section that switches a capacitance of the capacitor section; and a control section that controls the capacitance switching section to make the capacitance of the capacitor section effective in a mode of the contactless communication card function, and controls the capacitance switching section to reduce the capacitance of the capacitor section in a mode of the contactless communication reader/writer function.
-
-
11. A portable terminal having at least a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a capacitor connected at one end thereof to one end of a contactless communication antenna; a first field-effect transistor inserted between the other end of the capacitor and a ground; a second field-effect transistor inserted between the other end of the contactless communication antenna and a ground; and a control section that turns on the first and second field-effect transistors when communicating with an anticollision contactless communication card, and turns off the first and second field-effect transistors when communicating with a non-anticollision contactless communication card.
-
-
12. A portable terminal having at least a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a main antenna connected to a main circuit for contactless communication; a sub-antenna coupled with the main antenna; a capacitor that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with the sub-antenna; a field-effect transistor connected within the parallel-resonant circuit formed of the capacitor and the sub-antenna; and a control section that turns on the field-effect transistor when communicating with an anticollision contactless communication card, and turns off the field-effect transistor when communicating with a non-anticollision contactless communication card.
-
-
13. A portable terminal having at least a contactless communication reader/writer function, comprising:
-
a main antenna connected to a main circuit for contactless communication; a sub-antenna coupled with the main antenna; a capacitor that forms a parallel-resonant circuit with the sub-antenna; a field-effect transistor inserted between a ground and a node between the capacitor and the sub-antenna; and a control section that turns on the field-effect transistor when communicating with an anticollision contactless communication card, and turns off the field-effect transistor when communicating with a non-anticollision contactless communication card.
-
Specification